Kenleigh Mazur uses only a magnet wand from Imagination Station to paint with a metal marble during special activities at Immaculate Conception School preschool open house on Saturday. Jon Stinchcomb/News Herald

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Kenleigh Mazur uses only a magnet wand from Imagination Station to paint with a metal marble during special activities at Immaculate Conception School preschool open house on Saturday.(Photo: Jon Stinchcomb/News Herald)Buy Photo

PORT CLINTON - The atmosphere was positively magnetic at Immaculate Conception School this past weekend.

Some of Port Clinton’s youngest future students got a taste of preschool life during the school’s open house on Saturday, which featured a special presentation from the Imagination Station.

The preschoolers learned all about magnetism with a variety of hands-on activities that had all of the tots in smiles.

After a brief story that put the basics in words the children could understand, the Imagination Station’s workshop on wheels provided each of the students with a magnetic wand.

They ran around the school gym looking for everyday items the wand could stick to, found clever ways to fly small paper kites and dug through big bowls of macaroni with their mini makeshift metal detectors.

As a final treat, they got to paint hands-free by using the wand to move a metal marble around and take home their artwork.

Deicie Sawyers, education coordinator with Imagination Station, said the kids all remained focused and eager to learn, so she was able to even get a little more technical.

“For preschool, I just try to relate it to things they might see every day and recognize,” Sawyers said. “But it’s all about keeping it fun.”